How to Play Lemon Boy on Guitar?

Cavetown - Lemon Boy can be played in the key of C using the C, E, F, Dm, G, Am, Fm chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Lemon Boy with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Cavetown - Lemon Boy Chords

Chord reference C, E, F, Dm, G, Am, Fm

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

There once [C]was a bitter sweet man and they called him [E]Lemon Boy. He was [F]growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his [Dm]hair, like a [G]weed. And [C]like weeds do he only came and grew [E]back again. So I [F]figured this time I might as well let him [Dm]be. [G]

[F]Lemon Boy and [C]me started to get [E]along, toget[Am]her. [G] I [F]helped him plant his [C]seeds, and we mow the [E]lawn, in bad weat[Am]her. [G] It’s [F]actually pretty [C]easy being [E]nice to a [Am]bitter [G]boy like [F]him. So I got my[G]self a citrus [C]friend.

But [C]soon his bitter sweet started to rub [E]off on me. You’d think [F]smelling like lemon zest would [Dm]be pretty [G]neat. I [C]found out that my friends were more of the [E]savory type, And they [F]weren’t too keen on compromising with a [Dm]Nice lemon [G]pie.

But [C]what if I run out of ferti[E]lizer? [F]What if the clouds run out of [Fm]rain? [F]What if lemon boy won’t grow no [C]longer? [E]What if beaches dry of sugar [F]cane? [Fm]Oh, well. The [C]whales start to beach themselves. [E]Tortoise shells tear away from [F]their spines. It happens all the [Fm]time, it happens all the [Am]time. [G]Ooo [C] [E]

[F]Lemon Boy and [C]I, we’re gonna [E]live, for[Am]ever. [G] (Like [F]snufkin and Little [C]my, we’ll get [E]around, wher[Am]ever.) [G]

Artist Cavetown

Album Lemon Boy

Genres Indie, Pop

Year 2018

Key C

Cavetown - Lemon Boy can be played in the key of C using the C, E, F, Dm, G, Am, Fm chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Fm, To play Fm, barre fret 1 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Lemon Boy with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.